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Copper N' Amber go so well together

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    I have been experimenting with copper for the last two years and exploring viking knit, and other treasured techniques, so I thought I'd make a pair of modern'ish copper earrings to go with some of my pieces. To tell you the truth, because the components are goldish-coloured, and the fact that I can't really afford to experiment in gold, copper is a great alternate to highlight these warm coloured hues. As I am about to point out to you, there is no fancy wiring or soldering here at all. It is a simple tiny black "bead bumper" on the top of everything to hold everything in its place. They fit perfectly on this gauge of wire, a number 20 gauge, which by the way is the magic size or gauge for ear hooks. The bumper beads were purchased from BeadFX, as well as the 3" bright copper headpins , and the transparent amber coloured fire polished crystals .       The  lampwork beads  are medium-sized beige beads with three altering rows of transparent amber